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- noun obsolete
Marriage ; marriageceremony ;nuptials .
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From Middle English brudlak, brudlac ("nuptuals"), from Old English brȳdlāc ("bridal, wedded condition, marriage ceremony"), equivalent to bride + -lock. Compare wedlock.
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